About

An email template is a pre-designed email design (as well as the design of website) which PrestaShop applies to all outgoing emails. They are also known as the transaction emails. The current version of Prestashop sends 68 kinds of emails including new account, new order, new invoice etc.

If your Prestashop installation is sending a unique email design each time and not the standard Prestashop emails design You'll begin to develop brand consistency across all of your marketing channels including your website, transactional emails, newsletter, and social media.

This occurrence is especially true if you use a unique design and logos in your marketing to maintain brand consistency and awareness.

You can add a logo to emails by uploading it in the Prestashop Admin

Customize email templates using the Prestashop Admin

Go to International > Translations, and you will find the section, Modify Translations. Under Type of translation, choose Email translations to edit email templates. Under Select the type of email content, you can choose from:

- Subject

If you want to edit the subject of your emails, then click the Modify button.

- Body

If you want to customize the content of your newly added emails, select Core (no theme selected). Once you click Modify, you will be taken to the list of available emails.

Click the one you wish to customize and the editors that allow you to edit HTML and plain text version will appear.

Customize email templates in the filesystem

If you do not use functions in the admin area to customize the email templates, you can modify email templates using your favorite IDE or text editor. The advantage of this method is that it gives you more control over the code used in the templates compared to using the HTML editor provided in the admin area.